Java Reference
In-Depth Information
Mac OS X
For Mac OS X, the downloaded file is called something like
netbeans-6.5-macosx.
dmg
(the exact name depends on the NetBeans version and the NetBeans pack that
was selected for download). In order to install NetBeans, navigate to the location
where the file was downloaded and double-click on it.
The Mac OS X installer contains four packages: NetBeans, Glassfish, Tomcat,
and OpenESB. These four packages need to be installed individually; they can be
installed by simply double-clicking on each one of them. Please note that GlassFish
must be installed before.
Linux and Solaris
For Linux and Solaris, NetBeans is downloaded in the form of a shell script. The
name of the file will be something like
netbeans-6.5-linux.sh
,
netbeans-6.5-solaris-
x86.sh
, and
netbeans-6.5-solaris-sparc.sh
, depending on the version of NetBeans, the
selected platform, and the selected NetBeans pack.
Before NetBeans can be installed in these platforms, the downloaded file needs
to be made executable, this can be done in the command line by navigating to the
directory where the NetBeans installer was downloaded and executing the
following command:
chmod +x ./filename.sh
Substitute
filename.sh
with the appropriate file name for the platform and
NetBeans pack.
Once the file is executable it can be installed from the command line:
./filename.sh
Again, substitute
filename.sh
with the appropriate file name for the platform and
NetBeans pack.
Other Platforms
For other platforms, NetBeans can be downloaded as a platform independent zip file.
The name of the zip file will be something like
netbeans-6.5-200811261600.zip
(the
exact file name may vary, depending on the version of NetBeans downloaded and
the NetBeans pack that was selected).
To install NetBeans on one of these platforms, simply extract the zip file to any
suitable directory.
